Patagonian sea lion - Dudley Zoo and Castle

Sterling work with sea lions

Throughout lockdown our keepers have been carrying out sterling work with our sea lions as they continue familiarising the girls with the Ultra Pod. The wooden pod, designed and built by DZC staff earlier this year, allows the veterinary team to hide away in the dark box to carry out ultrasounds on our female Patagonians […]

Posted on 5th September 202025th August 2020 by Rachel Hickman

Keepers design Ultra Pod

When the zoo’s veterinary team needed somewhere dark to aid ultra scan procedures for our female sea lions, our clever keepers got to work designing the Ultra Pod! The wooden pod features a boxed area for the vet to get into, while keepers can position the sea lion on a platform at the side, with […]

Posted on 3rd February 202029th January 2020 by Rachel Hickman

Sea lion’s provide CGI muse

DZG’s three Patagonian sea lion girls, Marina, Tania and Deisy, provided the muse for a CGI sea lion currently featuring in a national rail company’s advertising campaign. New publicity for South Western Railway follows a family’s adventure on the train line, as they pick up friends along the way – including Queen Elizabeth I, a […]

Posted on 5th September 20192nd September 2019 by Rachel Hickman

Josh attends sealion meet

Trainee Keeper, Josh Luxton, has returned to DZG brimming with new ideas after attending a sealion training meeting. The two-day BIAZA certified course at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire covered a host of topics including the husbandry and training of aquatic mammals, enclosure design and enrichment. Josh said: “It was a really interesting course and it […]

Posted on 1st October 201720th September 2017 by Rachel Hickman

Birthday greetings

We’ve a birthday girl and boy on site today! Birthday boy, Oba, gets some fishy treats from Senior Keeper, Sarah Evans. We’re wishing Patagonian sea lion, Oba, a very happy 17th birthday, while our littlest Sulawesi crested macaque, Summer, turns two! Summer’s dad, Simon, gets in on the snap with the birthday girl! Spot Summer […]

Posted on 21st July 201719th July 2017 by Rachel Hickman

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